Diane Griffin
Diane Edmund Griffin (May 5, 1940–)[1] is the University Distinguished Professor, and a Professor in the Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, where she was the department chair from 1994-2015. She is also the current vice-president of the National Academy of Sciences. .[2] She holds joint appointments in the departments of Neurology and Medicine. In 2004, Dr. Griffin was elected to the United States National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in the discipline of microbial biology.[3]
Education and training
After earning her undergraduate degree from Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois, she joined a join MD/PhD graduate program at Stanford University, where she pursued research on immunoglobulins. Griffin received her PhD and MD in 1968 and remained at Stanford Hospital for her internship and residency.[4]
Dr. Griffin performed postdoctoral research in virology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Along with Janice E. Clements and others, Griffin is a notable trainee of neurovirology specialist Richard T. Johnson.[4]
Career
Dr. Griffin became a faculty member at Johns Hopkins in 1973 in the Department of Neurology. She attained the rank of full professor in 1986. In 1994, Griffin became the chair of the Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology at the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, now known as the Bloomberg School of Public Health.[4]
Research
Virology has been Griffin's specialty since her postdoctoral work. Her research examines how the body responds to viral infection. Griffin has placed particular emphasis on the central nervous system, researching the effects of Sindbis virus and the measles virus on the brain.[4]
Honors and awards
- Dr. Griffin has received numerous awards and honorific memberships.
- Membership in the National Academy of Sciences (2004)
- Membership of the American Academy of Microbiology
- Membership in the Institute of Medicine[3]
- Dr. Griffin was awarded the Pioneer in NeuroVirology Award by the International Society for NeuroVirology at the 9th International Symposium on NeuroVirology held in Miami, Florida, in 2009.[4]
References
- Presidents of the American Society for Microbiology
- Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences
- Women biologists
- Academic administrators
- American women physicians
- Living people
- Place of birth missing (living people)
- 1940 births
- American virologists
- Stanford University alumni
- Augustana College (Illinois) alumni
